Workshops

This is The Rusty Barn Studio in Santa Barbara, California where I taught for a three day intensive about the Combination Print. Seven printmakers joined me for the three days and they produced some wonderful prints. It was a wonderful opportunity to work with experienced printmakers and to have a great studio to work in. I have been invited back again next year!

WINTER/SPRING/SUMMER 2010 INK SHOP WORKSHOPS

Combination Print Intensive -- July 12 - 16

ITHACA COLLEGE
I am teaching Introduction to Printmaking: Relief/Intaglio at Ithaca College as an adjunct professor in the art department, Spring 2010 and Fall 2010.

Printmakers of Cape Cod invited me to teach the Combination Print workshop this past July at Cape Cod Community College. This full three day workshop was fantastic. Leslie Kramer hosted me at her house and the whole experience was wonderful. I was honored to teach this group of experienced printmakers in a well-equipped studio. We created some great prints. Thanks to all who helped make this event such a success.

Cape Cod Community College printmaking studio

I teach a number of workshops to people of all ages and backgrounds. I have taught elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as college and university students, beginners to professionals. I have been guest artist/speaker at SUNY Brockport, Elmira College, Cornell University, Alfred University, and Russell Sage Colleges.

PUBLIC SCHOOL WORKSHOPS
          South Seneca High School, Ovid, NY   -- January - February 2010
          Ithaca High School, Ithaca, NY with Advanced Placement Art students -- April 2010.
          Combination Print workshop, Santa Barbara, CA -- April 2010.

For school programs, I work closely with teachers to design a course that best fits the needs of the students and school curriculum. I have taught with the following schools: Dryden School District Art Teachers, Ithaca High School, Dryden High School, South Seneca High School, Watkins Glen Middle School, Enfield Elementary School.

If you are interested in a tutorial or a workshop, feel free to contact me.

My teaching approach: Good instruction in the visual arts is key to having an educated public who appreciates fine art. I believe teaching is most rewarding and successful when the instructor can convey excitement with the process, the necessary skills to accomplish the task of producing the image, and then finally supporting the student’s ability to assess the results.

These are the following workshops I can teach:

Intro to Printmaking
Textured Print
Painterly Print
Intro to Collagraphy
Monoprinting with Oil-Based Inks
Combination Print
Gum Transfer
Introduction to Matting and Framing
Color Reduction Woodcut and Relief
Intaglio/ Painterly Processes: Aquatint, Soft Ground, White Ground, Spit-bite